No 531

The Rod Room has been thrown open to the school again. A door has been thrown open in the semi-circle where the shell used to be, & the remove sit now. The door used formerly, before the alteration of the forms to be in the wall on the right of that. A.F. Pope Pr. Opp.

No 529

This year we had an early play on the Queen’s Accession, Sat. June 20th. It is not I believe a regular thing; it was not asked for, but Scott volunteered it thinking it a matter of course. A.F. Pope Pr. Opp.

No 527

The Number of the school at Whitsuntide 1857 was 128. Grants (Rev. J. Marshall) 37. Rigaud’s (Rev. B. Jones) 23. Scotts (C. W. Wingfield Esq.) 5. Home Boarders 23. In all 88 Town boys A.F. Pope Pr. Opp.

No 526

This year we had the Triplett Exhibitions for the first time. They are about £50 in value, this in number, last for three years, at either Oxford or Cambridge, & are open to Q.Ss and T.Bs indiscriminately.  But Q.Ss elected to Christ Church will not be able to hold the Tripletts; a Christ Church studentship…